History Main / RecycledAnimation

* Worth noting that according to animator Floyd Norman, this is one of the trademarks of [[Creator/DisneysNineOldMen Wolfgang "Woolie" Reitherman]], and it wasn't really done out of a want to save on time or money, he just wanted to play it safe and stuck to an already-done animation that did the job, hence why most of the Disney examples below are from works he directed.

!Examples:

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** The animation of Tibbs entering Hell Hall is lifted from Figaro opening the window in ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}''.
** The animation of Tibbs running away from Jasper and Horace is lifted from ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'', when Lucifer is being chased away by Bruno.

* ''Disney/AliceInWonderland'': The fish watching the Walrus lure away the oysters are from ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}''.

** The final dancing scene of Princess Aurora and Prince Philip from ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'' is recycled for Belle and the Prince dancing at the end.

** In the 1954 short ''Donald's Diary'', part of Donald's nervous breakdown near the end is lifted from ''WesternAnimation/DerFuehrersFace'' and ''[[Disney/FunAndFancyFree Mickey and the Beanstalk]]''.

** The crocodile comes from ''Disney/PeterPan'', while Raja the tiger is taken from the WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} short ''Tiger Trouble''.
** Background animals are taken from ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'', ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'' and ''Disney/AliceInWonderland''.
** Many elephant shots are recycled from ''Disney/{{Dumbo}}''.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective'': The coach that Toby, Basil and Dawson pass on their way to rescue the Queen is the dog catcher's wagon from ''Disney/LadyAndTheTramp''.
* ''Disney/TheJungleBook'':

* ''Disney/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'':

** In the epilogue, the animation of Christopher Robin walking and throwing a stone is recycled from Mowgli in ''Disney/TheJungleBook''.

* ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'': When Sebastian calls for winds in the intro to "Kiss the Girl", the reeds that blow in the wind are also taken from "WesternAnimation/TheOldMill".
* ''Disney/RobinHood'':
** Little John and Sir Hiss have some animations recycled from ''Disney/TheJungleBook'''s Baloo and Kaa.
** The dancing sequence recycles animations from the dancing sequences seen in ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' (Lady Marian dancing with the dog with a broken leg), ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats'' (the band playing music and Lady Marian clapping) and ''The Jungle Book'' (Little John dancing with Lady Cluck).

* ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'': When Maleficent's goons are running for cover from their master's rage, their animation is recycled from ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' (when the dwarfs hide from the "monster" in their cottage).

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** ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'' had the same recycled close-up shots of the main characters (including Mr. Knox, Lady Baden-Baden and Bentley) talking, even after switching from Atkinson Film-Arts to Hinton Animation Studios at the start of season 2.

* ''Disney/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'':

* ''Disney/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad'': When Ichabod is travelling through the woods, there is a shot of hollow reeds blowing in the wind, creating an eerie whistling sound. These are taken from "WesternAnimation/TheOldMill".

* ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'':
** Some of the deer seen in the distance at the beginning are taken straight from ''Disney/{{Bambi}}''. This actually led to an urban legend that Gaston supposedly killed Bambi's mother, although both films take place in different locations.

** In the 1954 short ''Donald's Diary'', part of Donald's nervous breakdown near the end is lifted from ''Disney/DerFuehrersFace'' and ''[[Disney/FunAndFancyFree Mickey and the Beanstalk]]''.
* ''Film/EscapeToWitchMountain'': Yes, it's a live-action film, but it has an AnimatedCreditsOpening in which the animation of the chasing dogs is recycled from ''Disney/{{Bambi}}''.
* ''Disney/TheFoxAndTheHound'':
** Some background birds are taken from ''Disney/{{Bambi}}'', most notably shots of ducks swimming and a family of quails running from the rain in the "Little April Shower" number.
** A shot of a squirrel running through the trees is from ''Disney/TheSwordInTheStone''.
* ''Disney/GoliathII'':

** Background animals are taken from ''Disney/{{Bambi}}'', ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'' and ''Disney/AliceInWonderland''.

** The shot of Goliath alone in the jungle at night is identical to a shot of Ichabod from ''Disney/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad''.
* ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective'': The coach that Toby, Basil and Dawson pass on their way to rescue the Queen is the dog catcher's wagon from ''Disney/LadyAndTheTramp''.

** The scene where the wolves lick Mowgli's face is copied straight from the one in ''Disney/TheSwordInTheStone'' where dogs lick Wart's face.
** The scene where the elephant brigade piles up is lifted from ''Disney/GoliathII''.
** The scene where Bagheera and Baloo rescue Mowgli from the monkeys is copied from the scene in ''Disney/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad'' where Mr. Toad's friends try to get his deed from Winky and his weasel henchmen.

** The dancing sequence recycles animations from the dancing sequences seen in ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' (Lady Marian dancing with the dog with a broken leg), ''Disney/TheAristocats'' (the band playing music and Lady Marian clapping) and ''The Jungle Book'' (Little John dancing with Lady Cluck).

* ''Disney/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad'': When Ichabod is travelling through the woods, there is a shot of hollow reeds blowing in the wind, creating an eerie whistling sound. These are taken from ''Disney/TheOldMill''.

** The blowing reeds in ''Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day'' are from ''Disney/TheOldMill''.
* ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'': When Sebastian calls for winds in the intro to "Kiss the Girl", the reeds that blow in the wind are also taken from ''Disney/TheOldMill''.

** In the 1946 short ''Squatter's Rights'', the animation of Mickey saying "Gosh, Pluto, I can't be mad at ya" is taken from ''Disney/ThePointer''.

** Some of the deer seen in the distance at the beginning are taken straight from ''Disney/{{Bambi}}''. This actually led to a urban legend that Gaston supposedly killed Bambi's mother, athough both films take place in different locations.
** The dancing scene from ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'' is recycled.

** Some background birds are taken from ''Disney/{{Bambi}}''.

* ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'': When Sebastian calls for winds in the intro to "Kiss the Girl", the reeds that blow in the wind are taken from ''Disney/TheOldMill''.

** The scenes of the siblings fighting eachother and then stopping to reassure dad that everything is fine recycle the battling shot from "Slice of Life" and the "One boy, 10 girls" shot from the theme song.

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' frequently recycles its own StockFootage, but also recycles its own animation. This can be seen as early as the 2nd episode, where the characters' movements in Misato's apartment (Misato reaches forward and grabs Shinji's head) are exactly the same movements seen in the fight later (the Angel reaches forward and grabs Unit 01's head).

* ''WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts'':

** In the 1946 short ''Squatter's Rights'', the animation of Mickey saying "Gosh, Pluto, I can't be mad at ya" is taken from ''The Pointer''.

** In the 1954 short ''Donald's Diary'', part of Donald's nervous breakdown near the end is lifted from ''Disney/DerFuehrersFace''.

** The crocodile comes from ''Disney/PeterPan'', while Raja the tiger is taken from the ''WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}}'' short ''Tiger Trouble''.

** The scene where the wolves lick Mowgli's face is copied straight from the one in ''Disney/TheSwordInTheStone'' where wolves lick Wart's face.
** The marching elephants part reuses animation from the short ''Disney/GoliathII''.

* ''Disney/RobinHood''

** The dancing sequence recycles animations from the dancing sequences seen in ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarves'' (Lady Marian dancing with the dog with a broken leg), ''Disney/TheAristocats'' (the band playing music and Lady Marian clapping) and ''The Jungle Book'' (Little John dancing with Lady Cluck).

* ''Anime/YuriOnIce'' reuses some of its skating routines, even recycling a crash scene, and a shot of Yuko twirling is seen more than once.

** Some of the deers seen in the distance at the beginning are taken straight from ''Disney/{{Bambi}}''.

** The majority of "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E3AnotherSimpsonsClipShow Another Simpsons Clip Show]]" (not counting flashbacks) consists of overdubbed scenes from previous episodes.

** In "Radio Bart", the footage of the police interviewing Homer and Marge is lifted from "Bart vs. Thanksgiving" (with new dialogue dubbed over).
** The majority of "Another Simpsons Clip Show" (not counting flashbacks) consists of overdubbed scenes from previous episodes.
* Season 3 of ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' had little to no budget and often recycled animation from older episodes. Not counting the infamous "Spidey swinging through CGI skyscrapers" StockFootage seen over and over during the show, of course.

Sometimes, to take some shortcut budgets, you have StockFootage scenes reused multiple times. But you want to recycle scenes from completely different creations you already made, changing the setting or the characters.

Sometimes, to take some shortcut budgets, you have StockFootage scenes reused multiple times.

Sometimes, you recycle the scene from one of your older works, sometimes changing the characters.

Supertrope of StockFootage and PropRecycling.

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* Disney was very guilty of doing this once.
** In ''Disney/TheJungleBook'', the scene where the wolves lick Mowgli's face is copied straight from the one in ''Disney/TheSwordInTheStone'' where wolves lick Wart's face. Also the marching elephants part reuses animation from the short ''Goliath II''.
** ''Disney/RobinHood'' is the guiltiest one: not only does Little John have some animations recycled from ''The Jungle Book'''s Baloo, but the dancing sequence recycles from the dancing sequences seen in ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarves'', ''Disney/TheAristocats'' and ''The Jungle Book'' (once again).
** Even [[WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts the classic shorts]] aren't safe from the recycling. The scene in "Donald's Dream Voice" where everyone wants to buy Donald's brushes because of his voice haves the crowd animation recycled from the one seen in "Donald's Dilemma", just replacing the autograph paper with bills.

** In the ''WesternAnimation/ScaryGodmother'' movies, Harry the werewolf is blatantly a PaletteSwap of [[WesternAnimation/BeastMachines Noble]].
* The ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' season 7 episode ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E2AllBottledUp All Bottled Up]]'' reuses the distinctive rage face for Starlight Glimmer that she first used in the season 5 premier episode ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E2TheCutieMapPart2 The Cutie Map]]''.

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